Drugmaker Takeda partnered with New Orleans-based Xavier University of Louisiana to launch a technology and research center to advance health equity. Here are four things to know:
- The technical research and exchange center will be known as T-REX, according to an April 20 news release. The center aims to accelerate Xavier's scientific research, data insights and health informatics to create more equitable community health outcomes.
- T-REX will be on Xavier's campus, and it will be supported by a multimillion-dollar grant from Takeda.
- Takeda's grant will also support a new program to destigmatize participation in clinical trials among members of historically marginalized communities.
- Xavier is a historically Black university and is recognized as a national leader in producing the most Black graduates who become physi